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Ya, plus Arizona is gonna plummet in the polls and USC should enter the polls.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 10:02 AM) Just because he was fine with it then, doesn't mean if someone comes calling with a ridiculous amount of money, he wouldn't have to listen seriously to it. What if Jones was willing to offer a record breaking deal? How does Smith turn that money down? Well first off, Smith is not a FA. He still has one more year left on his contract (lets not forget that) so the Bears have his rights. So even if Jones offered a bazillion dollars, the Bears would have to give the Boys permission to negotiate with Smith and than obviously reach some sort of conclusion on draft pick compensation. Basically put even if Jerry Jones offers a zillion bucks (in which case we promote Rivera and get at least a first round draft pick) we still don't do so bad, imo. But Lovie Smith will be the coach of the Bears for a very very long long time. You can take that to the bank.

Ya, you know he's going to at least try for Lovie Smith. Smith is a native Texan and I'm sure as a native Texan he has had at one point a strong fondness for the Cowboys. That said, I really think Lovie likes Chicago and he seems to really love his team (plus he has a tremendous relationship with Angelo or so it appears). I think Lovie will get 5yrs at 5 mill per (from the Bears). QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 09:58 AM) Holy s***! This Bears not wanting to talk extension crap better not come back to kick us in the nuts! It won't. Lovie is perfectly fine with it. He has asked not to negotiate till the off-season too because the negotiation would be a complete distraction.

Have the new polls came out?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 09:20 AM) Yeah, Dallas would probably be moderately intelligent to jump at Rivera. Unless Jerry Jones wants to make a real splash and makes a run at Carrol or something like that, which he may very well try to do. Dallas may be willing to spend big bucks. At the same time Jones could look at Rivera but the Cowboys seem to have a tendency as of late to go after offensive minded coaches. Oh and I'd love it if Carrol went to the Boys. I don't think he'd be as good of a coach in the NFL, plus I hate the Trojans and it would hurt them.

Here's one thing I don't get, I hear a couple people saying Gasol wouldn't help the Bulls. The guy is a bonafide 4 (you could technically call him a 5 because he's tall enough) with a nice jumper so that you could do some pick and rolls with him, but he also has very good moves in the block. This is the exact type of player we could build our franchise around (as long as we keep one of Deng/Gordon). However, if we were able to center a package around Nocioni, Tyrus, PJ Brown, & Chris Duhon (future draft picks as well, obviously bulls would probably take someone back that the Grizz just want to get rid of) maybe you could get something to happen and thats the type of move that could set our franchise up as a legit 1 seed (not like a default 1 seed which if we did get a 1 seed it would be because our conference blows rather than us being a legitimate 1 seed).

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 08:59 AM) NFL network is reporting that Parcells just resigned in Dallas, according to Mike Mulligan! TO wins again! Wow. I don't necessarily think this is a case of TO winning. Rather I just think Parcells couldn't get along with Jerry Jones since both have pretty big ego's. For pete sakes, Jimmy Johnson & Jerry Jones were very very good friends and we saw where that relationship eventually went (and Parcells has twice the ego Johnson had and that says something).

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 08:56 AM) Perhaps this is just me being overly hopeful, but I would not be terrifically surprised if there was a major breakthrough in solar panel design/technology within the next 5 years. (Especially now that the Democrats are in power and we can get some actual federal research dollars out there.) It just seems like one of those fields where there have been repeated reports of "Breakthroughs" with nothing yet put into practical production, so it seems primed to take the next step. Don't give me that, now that the dems are in power bull. I hate the stereotype that republicans just don't care about alternative energy, yada yada. Its like saying George Bush is a typical conservative (in terms of fiscal spending) because we know he isn't and one of my biggest gripes with Bush is exactly that. I think the key is, if people start demanding and buying these for there homes (in a growing effort) the marketplace will dictate that more firms get involved with trying to make them and as such you'll have firms coming up with breakthroughs on how to produce them for less in order to try and gain what could be a potentially enormous market (if costs do fall enough). Ie, I think our capitalistic system could be exactly what we need for something like this to suceed. The key is we may need to have the gov subsidize the consumers with benefits for purchasing these more expensive things (that will create the market and than my hope is that well known conglomerates jump in as they see a lucrative possibility and start spurring and churning out a completely new marketplace). I guess the debate would be whether it would be best to put the money in the hands of the businesses (to encourage R&D to come up with cheaper solar panels) or to give incentives to the buyers who in turn could really create a market (IIRC, they did something very similar to this in California with both electric and hybrid vehicles).

I don't like Bill Richardson, but the man is much more capable of running this country than Obama. I've never seen a guy make so much political headway on the basis of one speach. Sure he seems like a decent guy, but politically (sans one speach) the guy has done absolutely nothing. Richardson on the other hand has been one of the bigger faces of the party, has tons of experience running a state (as governor) and to me is a far better person. I disagree with his political agenda (which is natural) but he's far more deserving and capable. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean much anything.

It sounds awesome, but the costs of making the solar panels needs to decrease first. I know a few home builders have begun offering these as options on new homes (expensive options though). However, it would be great if in the future homes could at least cover there air conditioning costs over the summer with the use of a solar panel (think of the impact that would have on the amount of non-solar energy we used, it would be tremendous). Yet again though, the cost of solar panels must fall first.

Happy Bday...rockman (Its kind of like Duffman...only cooler, lol) Hope its a good one!!!!!

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 08:06 AM) I'm so done with "experts," like Mike Golic knows anything more about the NFL these days than anyone else. All of those people are just ex-players who mostly sucked (apologies to Theisman). Bradshaw...Howie Long...Mark Schlereth...Shannon Sharpe....are other experts that are some of the greatest to ever play there position and they say hello. Oh and don't forget Chris Carter. They may be wrong from time to time, but these guys all played the game and as such they know more of the nuances than any amateur fan ever will (and I'm including myself in that one).

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 10:11 PM) Actually Hunter appears to be a staple on the defense since he signed that nice sized deal in the offseason, he's a damn good player and Lovie/Rivera seem to love him. The most replaceable player would probably be Tank since he likely won't be back next year followed by one of A. Brown and Adawale considering their contract size and the awesomeness that is Mark Anderson and the safeties are pretty damn replaceable as well. Talk about a f***ing gamer, the guy is a pretty good RB but is sticking it out on special teams and has actually become the second best special teamer behind Ayanbadajo. He'll be in the running for my second jersey along with Mark Anderson and P-Nut Tillman. Tillman is emerging as one of the elite CB's in the NFL, imo.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 09:25 PM) Makes sense seeing as how that's the only jersey I own and I am heroic in many ways. #4 MAYNARD, I got it for my 19th birthday from my brother. Now that he's officially the sexiest man on the Bears I do expect the jersey to go up in value. I'll take a picture of it tonight. And that is why you are awesome.

QUOTE(bmags @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 09:07 PM) rex was getting pressured a lot in the first half, when he got time, he had that great drive with the berrian catch. He also made a lot of good reads and overall (sans the Packer game) he's been making the right reads on a pretty consistent basis these past 5-6 weeks or so. All I ask is that he keeps doing that, trusting his eyes and being calm, confident and poised to make the throws. Oh and Turner had a real good gameplan, imo. We really stuck with the run, aside from the one drive where Rex really needed to make plays (and he did) as the Saints began to completely stack the line.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 09:08 PM) Whats this Gamestop deal where they give you a hundred dollars off? Right before the new year...Toys R Us gave you 100 bucks in store credit. I heard Gamestop did something similar (also with the PS3 I think). Circuit City does like a 30 buck online gift card and you get a free game. Micro Center for about 2 months had a 100 buck mail in rebate (it was only supposed to be for Black Thursday but they ended up doing it up till the New Year). Now stores went back to 399 for the most part, but if you look around you can still find it for close to 299 (just takes a bit of patience). For the Ps3 I am not sure what the 100 buck gamestop deal was but one of my friends mentioned it and than I saw it mentioned in here.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:51 PM) I thought faceguarding was only illegal in NCAA? I'm 99% sure that is the case. I looked it up and found this from an NFL ref (dated in 01 though): 3) What is the official rule against "face-guarding" when a defender is trying to break up a pass? Is there a certain amount of space he must be within of the receiver for this penalty to be called? There is no such thing as face-guarding in the National Football League. It is legal to face-guard a receiver. In order to have pass interference you must have contact. Any act without contact is not considered a foul. Just to verify, I found a 06 source that said the same thing. Faceguarding is completely legal in the NFL. The only thing that can cause PI is contact.

Considering there is a lot of talk about Metal Gear being on both systems eventually, and GTA is both systems...I'd say that the main games that Sony used to own that were specific to one system are no longer the case. Throw in HALO 3 and well I'm sold (but I don't play Final Fantasy). And I want to point out that yes, I think if you want a BluRay player than the PS3 is a bargain, but I'd rather wait until the dust has settled and get a quality player. Oh and the PS3, the one where I have to pay extra money to get either component cables or HDMI cable (albeit I give em credit for offering HDMI at its release). I am not talking about release games though, I've looked at the list of games exclusive to both systems (future releases) and vastly prefer those that are on Microsoft's console (thats obviously personal preference though). And I want to point one thing out...you can buy an Xbox 360 platinum for 299 (you just may have to wait a week or two, but Microcenter & Toys R'us have had this deal and I have heard a couple other places did for a while too)...so even if you wanted wireless, thats 399. Thats 200 bucks less than the PS3 with those features. Thats a big difference. And the Microsoft online is superior to that of PS3, imo. Again, statement of opinion and I'm a cheapo so I hate the idea of having to pay 50 a month, but in the end its a bargain if you play games online a lot (or if you get a few buddies over and than all of you play online).

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:25 PM) Jason f***ing Gage showing some emotion. I love it. That was my PG13 version rant. During the game I was probably at NC-17 rating with my Reggie Bush rant. In two weeks I could get into trouble, my best buddy is a Colt fan so I told him if Manning throws for 500 yards and I hear trash talking he may get a fist to the face (and I'm the least violent person ever). I fear how I may react in two weeks. But I got faith in the Bears. We've gotten to this point, now they need to step up and play the best game of their careers in the biggest game of their careers.

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:12 PM) do you guys agree with this assessment? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...ents/index.html I've heard it all season long and I'll continue to say what I have said. I believe in Rex Grossman as the Bears QB and I Believe in this Bears football team. I'd comment on how most of Rex's incomplete passes in the first half were on blitzes where he made the right call and threw the ball away (aside from his missed TD pass to Clark) but I won't get myself all fired up about this. I'll just wait and go with my belief that Rex and the Bears will come out and play good football in 2 weeks.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 03:44 PM) I love how the first question the media asks Urlacher is about Reggie Bush showing him up by pointing and flipping into the endzone. Coward fell down several occasions rather than take a hit, and just took advantage of the touchdown to showboat. That guy is f***ing scum. I will never ever ever root for that piece of s***. The smug asshole deserves the asswhooping the Bears gave him. Freaking pansy. Learn to play with class. Oh and if anyone is wondering, I said s*** about Hester when he did that stupid finger point during one of his returns earlier in the season. So Reggie...PISS OFF YOU PRICK. I hope the NCAA finds a way to take away your heisman.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:06 PM) And dont forget the other one, where he was actually in the endzone with noone covering him. Caldwell left 14 points on the field in a crucial time of the game. I wonder if Brady is missing Deion Branch right now? Technically they left 4 points on the field as they ended up getting a TD on Caldwell's first drop (the one in the endzone) and a field goal out of his 2nd drop. However, those 4 points were crucial. You got to hand it to the Colts, they had there backs to the wall and found a way to come back and win and its no secret that it started with them being able to run the ball because that makes Peyton so dangerous (the LB's have to come closer and it means he'll have seams all over the field in addition to him being the best play action QB in NFL history). Well the Bears have played great to get to the place they need, but this is the game that matters and they'll have to play there best game of the season. This is the game that will define this Bears squad (and the Colts squad). QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 07:09 PM) That is not a f***ing roughing call That call and the pass interference call in the end zone were horrific calls. Face-guarding, unless I'm greatly mistaken (and I dno't think I am) there is no penalty for face guarding and since the CB made no contact that should not have been a pass interference. That call was absolute horses*** (again unless I've been dead wrong about this not being an NFL penalty cause I could swear that face guarding was completely legal in the NFL).

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 10:01 AM) Details/Link? Gates announced it. I may be a bit premature with the 2 month thing, but Gates said that is one of the next things so there will be an update patch. They are also going to be coming out with an HDMI cord for it sometime relatively soon. QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 10:03 AM) So Jason, you returned a 360 to get a PS3, sold the PS3 and used the money to get a 360? Was all that hassle worth the $50? Yes, cause I bought the Xbox for about 100 bucks cheaper than when I originally paid for it. So I saved 150 bucks in the end. And I got to make sure that I bought the system I really want.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 05:26 AM) not 2 mention if you buy the 360 and the wireless internet adapter and the fee to payonline... your virtually paying the same price as you would for a ps3. Lets see, in two months the Xbox will be a full fledged DVR, the thing is amazing as a media extender already (when networked with a media computer). The games on the system are infinitely better (and the exclusive Microsoft games >>>> exclusive PS3 games). And the Xbox online mode is so much better because its subscription (I never thought I'd say that but it is). And I don't need a wireless adapter anymore so I'm not too concerned with that. Oh and the Xbox Platinum can be found for about 299 (depending on when you are buying it) or you can find a way to get Cosco to give it a discount (which is what I did because I love Cosco's warranty). Oh and the PS3 controller is a piece of s*** compared to that of the Xbox. The Xbox one is so much more ergonomic its not even funny. I can't believe Sony scrapped building there new controller because I think the PS3 controller is very flawed. Plus the wireless controller on the Xbox is far better (PS3's has had a lot of problems, I'm sure they'll fix it, but they've had tons of interference issues).

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 07:57 PM) Heads seems to have consumed alcohol. Bad idea. Heads and alcohol....oh my god I wish I was online to hear that hillarity.